Myrtle (Mikki) Allen Carter was
an extremely well traveled 25-year-old when she applied for service
in the British Air Transport Auxiliary. Allen had attended high school
at the American School in Tokyo, Japan. When she applied with Jackie
Cochran she had only a private license, although she was scheduled to
take her Commercial written exams in a short time. She had logged only
325 hours of flight time. Mikki traveled to England with the sixth and
last group of American women. She was in service to the ATA from August
1942 through February 1944. Mikki then returned to the United States,
and as Cochran had promised, she took the opportunity to apply for service
with the Women's Air Force Service Pilots. She went through WASP training
in class 44-W-8.